When he advocated the Metric System<
Winning a close race is more than a matter of feet and inches. Just ask Howard Dean, who, during a question-and-answer session at a Spokane, Wash., rally, endorsed pushing Americans to embrace the metric system."We are attached to feet and so forth," Dean said. "I’m a doctor. I was trained and we do our calculations in meters. We don’t use feet and inches and cubic inches and things like that."
Dean said he doubted Congress would present him a bill to mandate use of the metric system, given the American failure to adopt it during Jimmy Carter’s administration.
Still, he said, "We should have converted already. We should do it. I think there’s going to be a lot of resistance, but it would be nice to have somebody explain to the American people why it would be easier and better for our businesses."
Don’t get me wrong, I wholeheartedly agree with him. The Metric System makes far more sense and would make the US more efficient. Hence, it isn’t going to happen anytime soon. I can just hear Billy Tauzin or some other idiot whipping the masses into French bashing and "everyone should do what we want" faux patriotism in defense of traditional weights and measures.